3 entries under this word
(6), p. a. Not present or future; in time already passed or spent; gone by; elapsed; ended; accomplished. “The cited dead of all past ages.” Milton. The past, that which is past by, elapsed, or gone; especially, time elapsed. Fenton.
prep. 1. In position, manner, or degree beyond; further than; beyond the reach or influence of.
Love, when once past government, is consequently past shame. L'Estrange.
The author was galled past endurance by this new stroke. Macaulay.
Sense 2. Beyond in time; after; as, at half past seven.
Sense 3. Above; more than. [Obs.]
The northern Irish Scots have bows not past three quarters of a yard long. Spenser.
adv. By.
And at times, from the fortress across the bay, The alarum of drums swept past. Longfellow.